High Fructose Corn Syrup = Poison

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Kksd605
Kksd605 Posts: 74 Member
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Watch this video about sugar and HFC. Wow! No wonder we get fat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM
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  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
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    Alarmism at its finest.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
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    It's poison?? I must be dead.
  • catherine1979
    catherine1979 Posts: 704 Member
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    Alarmism at its finest.

    ^^This.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,714 Member
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    Alarmism at its finest.
    Yep. Seems like as of late many threads of "poison" in our foods have been appearing. It's gotta be the fault of the McRib.





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  • _JPH_
    _JPH_ Posts: 25
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    What if we just call it "Corn sugar" sounds so much nicer...... Oh yeah, they are.:grumble:
  • SpaceMarkus
    SpaceMarkus Posts: 651
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    Just because you don't drop dead after one bite doesn't mean it's ok for you. Fact is HFCS is one reason so many people are obese.
  • chevy88grl
    chevy88grl Posts: 3,937 Member
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    I've watched and read many things about HFCS. I've decided that for ME - I'm staying away from it simply because they don't know the long term affects it has on our bodies (plus, every time I eat it? I swell up like a balloon - which is what started me investigating it in the first place).

    Is it poison? Probably not. But, it isn't something *I* want to consume if I can avoid it.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
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    Just because you don't drop dead after one bite doesn't mean it's ok for you. Fact is HFCS is one reason so many people are obese.
    I haven't dropped dead after consuming it for most of my life. I didn't say it was good for you, but "making you fat" does not equal "poison".
  • hottottie11
    hottottie11 Posts: 907 Member
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    People are obese because of overeating. This forum could use some serious fact checking. Alarmism > peer-reviewed scientific research articles here
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
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    People are obese because of overeating. This forum could use some serious fact checking. Alarmism > peer-reviewed scientific research articles here

    ding ding ding!
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
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    . Fact is HFCS is one reason so many people are obese.

    Find me one example where people are consuming HFCS in a deficit and gettting fat and I'll agree with you. HFCS are being demonized when overconsumption of calories is the culprit.
  • Larius
    Larius Posts: 507 Member
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    Bookmarked to watch later.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
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    HFCS usually goes hand-in-hand with overconsumption of calories. That's about as far as I'd go though.
  • Larius
    Larius Posts: 507 Member
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    Nobody commenting thus far has had the 90 minutes it would take to watch this video and make a judgement. Who's being alarmist here?
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
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    Nobody commenting thus far has had the 90 minutes it would take to watch this video and make a judgement. Who's being alarmist here?

    90 minute video on the -internet-? If it can't be said in less than 45 seconds it belong on public access TV.
  • Schraudt814
    Schraudt814 Posts: 496 Member
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    People are obese because of overeating. This forum could use some serious fact checking. Alarmism > peer-reviewed scientific research articles here


    ^^This!!^^ not just this post either...
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
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    Nobody commenting thus far has had the 90 minutes it would take to watch this video and make a judgement. Who's being alarmist here?

    Video upload date: 2009. It is not new.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
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    Nobody commenting thus far has had the 90 minutes it would take to watch this video and make a judgement. Who's being alarmist here?
    "Alarmist" does not mean "commenting on a concept before watching the related video". I don't need to watch a video to know that I have not yet died from 30 years of consuming this "poison".
  • hottottie11
    hottottie11 Posts: 907 Member
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    Nobody commenting thus far has had the 90 minutes it would take to watch this video and make a judgement. Who's being alarmist here?

    Peep the title
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
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    I would encourage people to read this as a counterpoint:
    http://www.alanaragonblog.com/2010/01/29/the-bitter-truth-about-fructose-alarmism/

    Alan Aragon takes a very no-nonsense approach and he's one of the industry leaders in sports nutrition. The above is his take on HFCS and SURPRISE! he talks specifically about this video.

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